The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 12, 1918, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
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uses ra
"My Country "Tia of Thee, Sweot Land principle
o? Liberty." .
_ somebod
TUESDAY, FEB. 12, 1!>1X. 'sah' wl
_ help vol
!one of \
SENTKXCE SEHMON'S. jate, and
; 1 win ?c
Nature gives to every time and No bod
season some beauties of its own; no, |
and from morning to night as from
mood, b
the cradle to the graves, is but a
succession of changes so gentle and 1,1 '
easy that we can scarcely mark "<* begi
their progress.?Dickens. at the 1
The Ne<
Most of all the other beautiful nlng foi
things in life come by twos and himself
threes, by dozens and hundreds.
Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows,
brothers and sisters, aunts and uo/ an<
cousins, but only one mother in all sessed o
the wide world.? Kate Douglas his elec
Wiggin. pendous
inx-uovor
It has been often said that truelnian woi
honor is not touchy, hut generally 11imation
indifferent about slander; neither
. ity of h
the coniuion sense nor common experience
of mankind warrants thi-. sti"es S(
theory, supposing: touchy to mean judging:
sensitive. The most pure and deli- to be in
cate, those who have labored most ,
earnestly to deserve the best repu<<
. i . , yet, who
tat ions, are apt to be tremulously
alive to every kind of obloquy and ?
injurious suspicion.?Hubert Walsh. Till:
* When
KIHTOIIIA LKTThi.s.
your las
x
What has become of the old men- '
ace, Overproduction? | paper j
^ I that do
Our idea of getting something for Ledger
nothing is the salary of the legisla- *^n<' s
like som
t01'- The Led
? <%> he is at
? , does 1 i k?
Funny how a man can grow in (>np
public acquaintance to be called know w
. ..n-. . i ,, sat dow
merely "1 he Colonel. n(M. Rnd
on the b
It wouldn't be surprising if some dish me
ger pre;
of the editors got mad and refused t;irp<. ^ii
to ride on the old trains. 'aw roni
portion
^ Villi lt??i
Good-bye, old Heatless Mondays; j about ii
... . . editor.
il yon ever visit us again we liopc
it's ninety-three in the shade. j
+ ' Til |1
The arrival of a shipment of b.
v. d's. probably would do much to-! . .
s ambular
ward relieving the fuel shortage- ,
the dep
* when li
Luke McLuke must have been
- was su ft
here. He has discovered that "A. I
depa i tei
Chance lives in Lancaster, S. C." t
shift fo
Though there is nothing so funny
i driver.
about that because it's not the kind j
i hospital
of chance you take in most towns.
^ to the y
The ger: 11
Greensboro
-Daily woman
(News vo,unfe
says: spir,f 11
The person who raises his spi
~ . * cheerfu
Own tender, young
Spring onions. ,wo ni1
And artichokes; were oi
Strawberries, spuds, ,'1' ir '
triotisn
Pie-plant, oyster plant,
played.
Peas, snap-beans, cauliflower,
vehicle
lul,",""n' soldier
Yea, rous'n'ears. cabbages
(From which sour krout. the *phP
Finest fruit that grows); iting tl
Beets, parsnips, yams? South
Can snap his finger at seme r>
Famine and tell Doc.
Oarfield where he gets off. To
And in that gladsome season Thank
There won't be any blackberryless Buslnei
Or watermeloniess
Or eantaloupeless If th
Days. vertisir
HK&/K?fw?l??Hr mm it wlm mmhob
McIAlRIN?AGAIN. THE
John L. McLurin is still We p
; out newspaper copy and, ed to f(
:ly, it gets warmer and wearine
as each statement is ground tigation
his typewriter and passed on stands s
newspaper composing room, a long <
?st is an "open letter" to a the cou
on of Anderson county gen- sion of
members of the South C'aro- of sent
islature and former sup- tor, but
of ex-Governor Blease, who ment ci
acquainted the ex-senator j the acci
e fact that they wished to ! trial an
w their names from a peti-jglad.
king him to become a can- In th
'or governor. Mr. McLaurin finds m
flier strong language to il-W'iseons
his position, and telling th 1J indicted
n gentlemen (hat lie infers the moi
eir letter that "what you brought
not a 'bold, outspoken, lion- has bee
truthful man to advocate the the peoi
bs of the reform party,' but people?
Iv with brain and the gift of details (
10 will prostitute himself to i'ollette,
l elect tlio hrnther-in-l i ? cousin ;
'on to the t'niteil States sen j b'ollette
cheerfully inform you that ! senate
'o you in hell first." ' people o
ly will accuse the ex-senator fidencc.
icing possessed of a fighting dangers,
ut he seems to have unleash- sntisfact
jiggost puns before the bat- people <
lis. In fact he's "shooting him, bu
110011." Mr. McLaurin is. if! refuse ti
rts' memory fails not, run- QUittal, 1
no ofllce; he elminate?l a reflect
from the gubernatorial rare state of
ifement a couple of weeks verdict,
1 though he may be pos- l|I><>" tin
f the qualifications wherein event, tl
noii woum noi no a "stu- 1,1111 WUI
blunder," though that of unprovei
nor Illeuse or Senator 'Till- Ooveri
ild be. there has been no in- senate s
of even a remote possibility and b?
is running for the United He very
mate. The Honorable John, that if i
from recent events is going United !
i whatever polities there is by the V
be he'll run for something should e
i knows? hand, if
+ senate s
I 1)11'KKIIKNT TASTKS. him. T]
you go to a hotel you eat fiove
>se things that appeal to '1'" or'e v
to. The (jaliney Hedge; should 1
t's the same with a news- against
iust cast aside the r rtieb-s | Hie sena
not appeal to you. The< dispose
says: l'!p V
to Mr. ? - doesn't by their
ie of the things he reads in ' t|ie aena
Iger? Neither do we. But
liberty to pick out what he. the part
* and leave the rest for some I rannot o
? is less fastidious. Does he
hat they call the man who,'nK peat
n at a first-class hotel din-|state UI1
beginning at the first item
ill of fare, tried to eat every i drawn, a
ntioned thereon? The I^ed-! would hi
sents a varied bill of fare'
lies a week, but there is no''"K
ipellng you to devour every
of it. Just put aside what
ii't lelish and say nothing And n
Antl don't swear at the iuformat
It's both wicked and foolnewspap
ernment
IKK BK.WK PATItlOTM. "press e
related that the driver of an tlvities <
ice in Chester drove up to Informal
ot to receive a patient, hut to send
ie learned that the puticnu
ering with meningitis hastily li
[1, leaving the sick man to |)e dean
r himself. So much for the jn the
Two nurses from a Chester' this si
volunteered their services patch,
oung man in the face of dan-J
being considered inexpedient! ? |
him to the hospital, a noble!
who has sons in the armyJ'TIs but
ercd lier home. There is the tV<
aat is going to win the war? "ut
lit of sacrifice, the spirit of
That In
lly facing danger. Those slR
rsos and that godly mother And i
i the firing line in defense of dei
ountry, and there is pa- e '
1 no greater than they dis- sor
Though tlie driver of the ^?r '
of
who deserted the suffering ' Qr
is nearly a slacker. sw;
Of hi
senate killed the hill prohib- art
lie shipment of liquor into
\t*|
Carolina, thereby avoiding
I Of w
eaily worth-while legislation.
+ f would
Doe. Garfield: Dear Dor.? That
you. (Signed) American *o
,8 If 'twe
+ he
. , , Id e
ie government can get its adroi
ig free, who blames It?
.
THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANC.
CASK OF IAFOL1JCTTK.
eople of America are Inclln- C
arget and condone after a
8? of legal tangle and luvea- Vsd th
A murderer generally (Gi
i better chance at trial after Now that
delay in bringing him before are drying, 1
township coi
rt. At the time of commis- , , .
eral u^e of I
a crime there is usually a lot jn our op|t
iment against the perpetra- implement \
as time wears on the sent!- dirt roads.
ystalizes into sympathy for pels t,li8 stl
. , . one man wl
ised and if he is brought to .
in one day
d acquitted, most people are , roads pass
^smooth that
ie case of LaFollette one!*urfc to trav
uch to think about. The ! pleu3ure"
!roads at thi
in senator has been gravely . ....
drag will da
by the senate, charges of j an{j one ,|r
>t serious nature have been ; roads now
against him, but his "trial" many hands
.. i i -i-? j . ... 1 Therefore, v
i ucia;cu unu iieiU.VLHI UIII 11 I
slilp oommis
?le?the rank and file of the1. . . , .
' implement ii
-are beginning to forget the js possible t
jf the crimes charged to La,
Now, the governor of Wis- flie
advances the idea that La- (Spar
should resign hts scat in the n js easy
and ask re-election by the of those whc
if his state as a vote of con- j oVer *be roa
. . , . . ... tv when the
The plan is frought with i
i her the road;
though it might work outjHhape (hoy ,
orily. Suppose that his easy to i
endorse him and re-elect ( conditions h
t the United States senate.over "1C CC1
... ? . . weather of t
0 accept their verdict of ac|
to dry the r?
would not that, in a way. be ( fQr ,ho,
ion upon the people of the dition. The
Wisconsin? or accepting the daily coping
would it not he Ii reflection ",c "
. _ . , . ... is simply toe
1 senate? And in either
complisli mu
le charges against the sen- J|m.p ls Riveil
aid remain unanswered and Spartanburg
i. log drag, or
nor runups says that the ?miuui see ic
hould lace the Issue frank- "" ro'1*'
once. Wit hi
wily and take action upon it. in Spartnnln
rightfully takes the position | good shape ;
i grave offense against the snows came
States has been committed a I,u'dic roac
Wisconsin senator, the senate
xpel him, i>ut on the other
the senator is innocent, the ** ISSt
hould as fiankly acquit
tiat position of the Wiscon(lroni
the
rnor is rightfully taken and q-j,,, jn p,.,,
rill deny that his suggestion painful insis
>e carried out. Charges j that the we;
I.aFollette were bi'QUght in i ora ma>" ',p
. i .1 .1 . . ' cultured
to and the senate should
tind plenty o
of them. Should the poo- w?h |h|l ph,
,'isconsin endorse LaFollette tendencies ol
votes, and the charges in seldom gets
te stand without action on|wnr neW8- ^
, . , ... ?f women v
of the senate, The News
tendencies in
onceive of the senate tnak- freshly hi us
e with the people of that(tory and the
less the charges are with-, talk on any
ind in that event, somebody I we'*'lpd witl
, . , . 'a frequent o
ive blundered by ever point- ? ,
cannot find
accusing finger. ! ?al furbish
I surely, he is
iow the committee on public loc' on "ie r<
ion, not satisfied with free a*e
. ., . , . hut househol
er advertising for the govage
man in t
, sends the newspapers a Wrtmen
dition" entitled: "The Ac- j talk about ?<
:>f the Committee on Public '> know* abr
tion." George Creel ought
out cuts of himself.
_ ^ ' (From the
i .u . .< Prof. Geoi
tw reunites the sidewalks to
of the Ag
ed of snow. Nothing is said station at '
ordinance about ice. Why | been invited
lip? -Richmond Times-Dig-1 Agriculture
Easy! Because of the Ice. 'here and mi
sweet potaU
* tion. This
ItOHK OF YKSTKHDAY. worked ou,t
processes fo
a red rose that she wore one sweet potato
jht, more possib
it hath touched her snowy, been though
inded throat to be the le
my dreams I see as if by potato, a pr<
ht: ed the part
so to me this bud doth moie government,
lote take an imi
?n a fresh and fragrant bios- tion's war
n may. omy. The
t hath marker! the throbbing I rounty. the
her heart, mous sweel
k or alow its pulsing jn the probably h
ay sweet potatr
r?r e:norlo~s. Oh. had It the worked Into
varieties of
me v hut hath cubkned *> probable th
throb. profit In th<
'horn Hho thought that gave have been
r cheek Its flush. product. 1
this blossom of Its spcret roh which has 1
in its fragrant heart it doth Tuskegee
hush. "some one
re of me she thought, then possible to
aven knows In drying
ver bless thee, withering red toes." In I
;e. of this nun
A. H. Taylor. product to
...J..,.!.**.. I... ...... ?i
ASTER, S. C.
XX)D ROADS.
1 MI
ie Road Drag Now.
ifTney Ledger.) m||\|r
the roads in the county I HKI^
ve wish to urge upon the
tnmissioners to make lib- ???
the spltt-log drag. It is,
don, the most valuable A#UffIC
vhlch can be used upon *?*1
One reason which im- / JlCYC
itement is the fact that
th a team of mules cau
render many miles of t/lllglt:
able, make* them so < aM / /
instead of it being a torsi
over them it will be a i nyr
'1M... ^e .i?I 1 Wit
ing himself. Steadily. WaH required to
i being distanced, pass- thro,,Kh 11 snowfall
ad by those whom a feetl and occa8?om
believed fit for nothing d<'pp*r ,han ,h,s '
Id drudgery. The aver- This remarkable
he avernge gathering of ',y an<1 ent*?rance
uncomfortable. They "S truc^? comes at
> maffy things he ought <ountr>' ifJ looking
ut and does not. the prob,em of fi
w'hich is menacing
. .. ,ut>l supplies of i
<ro and the I'otato. ! .....
I our country, ilov
Charlotte Observer.) much in the tonna
ge W. Graver, director'
ricultural Experiment
Tuskegee Institute, has
by the Department rf
at Washington to call |
ike demonstration of his fl M
> products experimenta-j 1 K
colored professor has % W
as many as eighty-eight
r the utilization ot the
>, finding in It vastly
llities than had ever
t possible. What seems I 110?(
lader is the dried sweet
aduct which has attractdcular
attention of the ^ ^
find this article may
>ortant place in the na- 2SSSSSSSSZ
program of food econpeople
of Catawba w ""
home of the most fa- I ^
t potnto produced, will "
e surprised that the
:> is possible of being j|e is a 8
as many as eighty-eight r (. .
food products, and it Is npoem
at they will find more xve * kKSOI
? dried potato than they The weatl
securing from the raw (late rain or
rhe Rural New Yorker,
jecome Interested In the w
results, believes that I
i? ?t.A a ii. ?? ^Mmmm
1 inr ouum win nnn it liuiu
develop a great business I
and selling sweet pota- I
bringing the possibilities I
L'h neglected 8outhern I
the attention of the
1 tUIIUIllUIl Ui I ut' | I
8 time is such that thc| v/ilfffc? n
' its most effective work JrUUlllO II
ag operated over the! of aae.
will do the work ofl ?
and do it better. j
re urge upon the town- *<>c Weekly 2."><
isioners to see that this *'or ^ Weefca I'01
s liberally used while it YOU WILL VCI
0 do the most good. | HAVE
$5.00 .$
Split Log Drug.
tanburg Journal. ryy .
to believe the statement ' lli
> have occasion to travel _ #
ds of Spartanburg' coun-j ?TlOYt IS 1
y say that since Decom*
have been in the worst. /"?
lave ever seen them. It
Lome in
understand that similar
ave been existing alli lQ.k S O V
mntry, but since the'
he last few days begun i ????
>nds out. there is no ex-J
n to remain in that con-!
county road forces a re I
with the situation to
leir ability, but the task "You'll He 11
? great Tor them to acj jf yQU ^ ch
unless some assist1
t hem. Every farmer in ????????
county owning a split
able to borrow one. |
s. ?i . .. I world, this negro i
i it that some portion of
... . . .. . mg the country i
dragged and that at
? . , . , 1 he negro seems
n a few days the roads I
I more about the s
h k can ur oa?'K III as i
. ? '\\o ever knew,
is they were before the I
if every man living on!
I will do his bit. OiH'ning u
* (II. W. Slausor
The country hi
)|(S AND PASTK. | what heretofore
II possible ran be d
... , .. thirty-tlme gov
< nltured Sex.
... .1 v- . I fresh from the f;i
i Indianapolis News.) |
... ... completed the 51
salon forces itself with
Baltimore under tli
tenre on sensitive man
. . ., . less than two wee!
iker sex of the present
. . . Th ire is not!
known to posterity as
... . 1 startling in the
sex. Women seem toi
, , . , , avera e maintaine
f leisure for keeping up
. . . . ... trucks were not fc
llosophic and literarv
, not the intention i
the day. while man
. . .. the quartermaster'
much farther than the
n. . , ... .. any records. The
I he apparent familiarity
... .. ture, howover, lies
nth new writers, new
...? . . . . this schedule was 1
art and thought, their
. . . . . , . , dead of winter, d
bed knowledge of his.
, most severe bliz
classics, their ability to
... . . . , .. snaps that certain
subject is. for tne man
,. country have expc
i the cares of business,
. . Temperatures of 1
ccasion for wonder. He
, , . ,, . zero were encounte
time for mirn i . .
5J1 "jT ' "r' 11 i i '? v>"J
? i
TUESDAY, FER 12, 1?18. <
LMBERSHIP IN OUR
iTMAS SAVINGS CLUB
in and ask about it. a
is no cost to join.
I
women, marrxea women, young
in join. y
ed men, single men, boys and
in join. Everybody, irrespective
; Weekly! 50c Weekly $1.00 Weekly $2.50 Weekly
50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks For 50 Weeks
U W I L Ii YOU W I l< Ii YOU W I U I- YOU W I U L
HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE
112.50 $25.00 $50.00 $125.00
iw easy it is. Think, how little
required. Think, of the reward. ? 1
end ask about the plans, it only
noment. *
THE BANK OF LANCASTER
appy
institution Is serv- trucks themselves that we will find
n great purpose, the saving in freight cars used, as
to be telling us in the number of tlat cars which
weet potato than (lie trucks will release through their
ability to reach their destination un
der their own power. If the govXew
Krn eminent requires 30,000 trucks, I
most of which will be built at a
i, in Leslies.) . ,, . ,
great distance from the Atlantic
is learned that seaboard at least 15,000 freight cars
seemed the im- wjjj j)G rt>qUired for the transportaone.
A train ol tractors will be employed to force
eminent trucks, tlon to their destination, 1
ictory at Detroit, ,
. , It is not difficult to foresee the
10 miles run to . , , ...
time when powerful engine-driven
leir own power in . . . ... ,
plows througli snow drifts and thus
is actual time. . . , _
keep country roads open to traffic
nng particularly
twelve months in the year.
tifty-mlles-a-day
d, although the ?
?rced, and it was PRESIDENT WILSON
of the officials of TALKS TO CONGRESS
s corps to break
remarkable fea- Implies to lleeent Speeches of <Jerin
the fact that man Chancellor and Austrian
maintained In the Foreign Minister.
uring one of the
z aids and cold Washington, Feb. 11.?President
portions of the Wilson, addressing a joint session of
irienced in years, congress today at 12:30, replied to
5 degrees below recent speeches of (lei-man
ired and the train Chancellor von Hertling and Aus
train Vnrnhm \f
iuh c us way I v.v.d.? *uiuifi?i vaciiiiu. v/ii
from one to four' Hertling's statement is vague and
illy drifts even confusing and leads to practically no
were encountered.' conclusion, the President said, and
test of the abil- ' is very different in tone from
of driver, as well Uzernip's.
a time when the The President reiterated that the
for a solution to United States had no desire to inreight
congestion terfere In European affairs and
t the food and would disdain to take advantage of
many soctions of, any international weakness or dissever,
it is not so order to impose her will upon ange
carried on the J other people.
Tin AnTin i it i
unurutiAiN
WILL BE WITH US
Jay and Wednesday,
binary 19 and 20
to Days Only
pecial representative of Brown-Sloan Optical
ille. S. C. . He is an expert, a specialist, and
MALLY GUARANTEE HIS SERVICES.
her does not affect his work, see him on above ~ *1
:aster Drug Company ij
LANCASTER, S. C. % I II